New chipper

[5 shires]

6 minutes ago, Ian C said:

 

Yes we had it on trail last year fir a week, it’s a good machine, petrol is quite and it has a nice pop to the exhaust!

Chipped well enough, the only gripe I had was the stop bar is like a hair trigger and was fir ever getting knocked. We have a 150 diesel as a lightweight fir the young lads and the petrol was just as good imo. A fair step up in production from the 130

 

Thanks for reply Ian I agree the stop bar is very urgent but spose it's better that way...Thing is if we all liked the same Chipper as in anything there wouldn't be any others to choose...I did look at all options as the sub 750kg Chipper choice is were the money is..I did like the forst but on looks alone the new 150p is such a nice design and with  37hp unit and weight still well under 750kg..710kgbi think it's still lighter enough to move around by one person...I will give a honest and frank review when I have used it for a few hours.

[Ian C]

Thanks for reply Ian I agree the stop bar is very urgent but spose it's better that way...Thing is if we all liked the same Chipper as in anything there wouldn't be any others to choose...I did look at all options as the sub 750kg Chipper choice is were the money is..I did like the forst but on looks alone the new 150p is such a nice design and with  37hp unit and weight still well under 750kg..710kgbi think it's still lighter enough to move around by one person...I will give a honest and frank review when I have used it for a few hours.

I’m not a lover of the 750k stuff as it’s all a compromise on weight v build quality also not keen on the sideways feed rollers, much prefer the normal roller set up, it doesn’t grip as well as either our Bandit or Jensen but still a good machine

[Mick Dempsey]

Here’s a good vid, an honest Chip Off between a Forst TR8 and the TW280.

 

Good news for purchasers of either one, there’s little in it.

 

 

[GA Groundcare]

14 hours ago, dig-dug-dan said:

At 60p a litre for red diesel, its half the cost of petrol

So, lets say your chipper has a 20l tank, and you fill it twice a week, thats an extra £24 a week on petrol, say over 40 weeks a year, thats £960. And thats assuming the petrol engine is as efficient as a diesel, which it isnt.

Sorry, its diesel all the way!

The 150 petrol is nigh on 3k cheaper at retail than the 150 34hp diesel however. 

 

Your self employed based from home style domestic tree surgeons where most of these are sold into will largely run on white for the simplicity without a proper yard and tank for red diesel.

 

 

[GA Groundcare]

Great video that. Not much in it at all when properly working. 

 

I must admit the truck and chipper colour of Tree Techniques looks brilliant! 

Edited January 17, 2018 by GA Groundcare

[5 shires]

2 hours ago, GA Groundcare said:

Great video that. Not much in it at all when properly working. 

 

I must admit the truck and chipper colour of Tree Techniques looks brilliant! 

Yep real nice set up and I guess what we all aspire to be,probably £90k/£100k just for the mog and Chipper...agree with the sliver and black...thought my little truck & Chipper looked nice until I saw that? But that's on a totally different level.